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Geo. D. Bayard to Samuel Breok, Jr, May 14, 1862
Camp McDowell, Va., May 14, 1862. Sm: I have the honor to report that in obedience to orders I started the sloop which was captured a day or two previous…
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W. H. Jenifer to Henry Heth, May 12, 1862
Camp Success, Va., May 12, 1862. GENERAL: I have the honor to submit my report, in reference to my vrigade, of the battle of Giles Court-House, which took place on…
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A. Smead to It is a fact that at the battle of McDowell Icommanded the Second, May 5, 1862
Camp at Valley Mills, Va., May 5, 1862. Brigade commanders will cause the different regiments and independent companies of their respective commands to have cooked and put in haversacks the…
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Unknown, May 2, 1862
Camp at Valley Mills, Va, May 2, 1862. COLONEL: You being the senior officer present with your brigade, you will assume command of it, and will sign all requisitions, provision…
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A. Smead to Lteutenant-Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-General, April 22, 1862
Camp at Valley Mills, Va., April 22, 1862. Commandants of brigades will cause all company officers of the regiments and captains of their commands to quarter with their companies, and…
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A. Smead to Theutenant-Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-General, April 21, 1862
April 21, 1862. No. —. Camp at Valley Mills, Va., April 21, 1862. I. The troops of this command will be divided into two brigades; the one on the right,…
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WM. B. Taliaferro to R. L. Dabney, May 16, 1862
Valley District, Va., May 16, 1862. Magor: I have the honor, in obedience to the instructions of the major-general commanding, to make the following report of the operations of the…
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R. H. Cunningham to Ool, May 18, 1862
Camp on the Road, Va., May 18, 1862. CAPTAIN: I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations of this regiment during the battle on the 8th…
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Robt. C. Schenck to Albert Traoy, May 14, 1862
HDQRS. SCHENCKâS BRIGADE, MOUNTAIN DEPARTMENT, Camp Franklin, May 14, 1862. Thave had the honor in my dispatehes, heretofore transmitted through you, to inform the general commanding of my march with…
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Unknown to Edwin M. Stanton, May 13, 1862
Franklin, May 13, 1862. Arrived here at 10 a.m. with my advance brigade. Find Jackson retreating. Loss on our side, killed and wounded, at fight at MecDowell, and in falling…